BlogNomic: The First Dynasty of Desertfrog

a list of .  ???

and what’s this “d” business?

Hix: Standard D notation.

; I’d like the monster list to be informal so that I can make up some monsters on the spot. I’ll take most monsters out of the actual game though (stats swiped from Wikihack).

@Darth:The table doesn’t mean we won’t have other monsters - it just means that if an @ reads a scroll of create monster he can generate the monster himself.

Yeah wait, now I checked and apparently septuplets are like 7-baby triplets. huh? 

@put, or, more generally, a collection of seven of anything.

CoV per Bucky

@lilomar yes, but it’s not a list of septulets. The list itself IS a septulet. also it would be required that every time a monster is added that will have to be changed to a word denoting a higher number, which will eventually become a problem.

No, Put, it’s a list of lists, each of which contains seven items and therefore are septuplets. (Besides, the list starts at zero so there are eight items in the list anyway.)

no, it is a list of septuplets, it just so happens that the list is seven septuplets long.

there are seven fields in each item in the list
1:ID (a number)
2:name (text)
3:hit points (formula that may include DICE rolls)
4:damage (two numbers separated by a ‘d’)
5:a speed (one of Sessile, Slow, Medium, Fast, Very Fast)
6:Intelligence (Yes or No)
7:special effects (ruletext associated with the monster, or None)

I’d take it lilomar started writing his comment before I posted mine?

ninja’d. also, nice catch on the 0-indexing, didn’t notice that myself.

dangit, double-ninja’d.

You’re all wrong. It’s a list of eight septets. Each item (ID, HP etc) in each septet (Grid Bug, Newt etc) is a septuplet. If seven kids are born together, each one is a septuplet and as a group they are a septet. but I didn’t start the pedantry.

Freezerbird, in this case I think we can definitely call it a typo.

“septet” has strong connotations with a group of musicians or instruments.  A word for a more general context would be “septuple” (I’m surprised no one has mentioned this one) or “7-tuple”, but not “septuplet” (which is mostly only used when talking about 1 of 7 simultaneously gestated organisms)

Hmm. “Septuple” is normally a verb or adjective I think, not a noun - unless you’re talking about (e.g.) 70 being a septuple of 10.

But DC, you’re right, I’m just enjoying being as sticky as the next @. As long as we can agree what it’s a typo for: cov

Hix is right, it’s a 7-tuple (in the programming sense). 

Ignoring the septuple debate and calling it a typo

Don’t really know how monster stats will effect any sort of combat.

If only cause I have no clue what the heck half of you guys are talking about, which seems to be the reason behind most of the fors and against votes.

Huh. well

I also understand it to be a typo. I think we all understood - the vital component to communication. I like it. Let’s run with it.  Make sure to add a water nymph. She gets me every time…

@aqua ... I’m sure she does. :P